2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election

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2014 Lambeth Council election
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All 63 council seats to Lambeth Council
 First partySecond party
  Cllr Lib Peck.jpg
Con
LeaderLib PeckTim Briggs
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since29 November 20122014
Leader's seat Thornton Clapham Common
Last election44 seats, 41.8%4 seats, 19.0%
Seats won593
Seat changeIncrease2.svg15Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote40,57211,871
Percentage49.7%14.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.9%Decrease2.svg4.5%
 Third partyFourth party
  Scott Ainslie (Lambeth councillor).jpg
Lib
Leader Scott Ainslie Alexander Davies
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader since22 May 20145 March 2014
Leader's seat St Leonard's Streatham Wells (defeated)
Last election0 seats, 10.1%15 seats, 28.3%
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg15
Popular vote12,62010,456
Percentage15.5%12.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.4%Decrease2.svg15.5%
Lambeth London UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green and Labour in red.
Leader of Largest Party before election

Lib Peck
Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Lib Peck
Labour

The 2014 Lambeth Council election was held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Lambeth Borough Council in Greater London, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Labour Party further increase its majority on the council, winning all but four of the 63 council seats.

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Notably, the Liberal Democrats lost all 15 of their seats, but one of their seats in Bishop's ward was lost by under 35 votes.

The Liberal Democrats finished as the runners up in 4 wards, the Conservatives in 8, the Greens in 6, Labour in 2 and UKIP in 1.

Summary of results

Lambeth Council election result 2014 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 59+1593.749.740,572+7.9
  Green 1+11.615.512,620+5.4
  Conservative 3−14.814.511,871-4.5
  Liberal Democrats 0−150.012.810,456-15.5
  UKIP 0±00.05.44,385+5.3
  TUSC 0±00.01.31,080New
  Independent 0±00.00.4315+0.1
  Socialist (GB) 0±00.00.2176+0.1
  Pirate 0±00.00.2129New
5931
LabourCon

Results by ward

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Moseley1,10637.3
Labour Kevin Craig1,061
Labour Ben Kind975
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite*94932.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale*939
Liberal Democrats Mathew Hanney777
Green Sam Brightbart30410.3
Green Clive Croft295
Conservative David Frost2929.9
Conservative Edward Harrison291
Conservative Lee Rotherham284
Green Bart Gorissen272
UKIP Andrew Hayes2488.4
TUSC El Morris632.1
Total votes7,857 72.1% -13.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Brixton Hill

Brixton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Garden1,84949.8
Labour Florence Eshalomi *1,791
Labour Martin Tiedemann1,560
Green Roger Baker81822.0
Green Andrew Child768
Green Betty Mehari719
Conservative James Calder41511.2
Conservative Charles Tankard381
Conservative Michael Woolley310
UKIP Paul Gregory2546.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Keating2446.6
Liberal Democrats Liz Maffei231
Liberal Democrats Adam Pritchard228
TUSC Lisa Bainbridge1323.6
TUSC Alex Richardson83
TUSC Jessica Walters74
Total votes9,857
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clapham Common

Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Briggs1,38637.5
Conservative Louise Nathanson1,154
Conservative Bernard Gentry1,148
Labour Tim Goodwin1,02032.0
Labour Nichola Hartwell955
Labour Jack Pascoe943
Green Hannah Cutler43313.5
Green Peter Kelly372
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant26810.2
Green Shash Selander268
Liberal Democrats Simon Drage247
Liberal Democrats Ruhi Hayat-Khan229
UKIP Anne Marie Waters 2166.8
Total votes9,364
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Bray1,93050.5
Labour Christopher Wellbelove *1,853
Labour Nigel Haselden *1,842
Conservative Hannah Ginnett97325.5
Conservative Sebastian Lowe944
Conservative Gareth Wallace848
Green Marion Prideaux42711.2
Green Julian Hall423
Green Gerard Keenan355
Liberal Democrats Baroness Rosalind Grender 2536.6
UKIP Cameron Murdoch1915.0
Liberal Democrats Colin Penning142
Liberal Democrats Jack Williams122
Socialist (GB) Oliver Bond461.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Heywood *2,23257.8
Labour Matt Parr *2,037
Labour Donatus Anyanwu *2,014
Green Solomon Smith74219.2
Green Thomas Wood680
Green Rashid Nix638
Conservative Yvonne Stewart-Williams3986.0
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester2255.8
Conservative Carl Belgrove224
Conservative Edward Watkins221
UKIP Johan Ward1273.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Morfey126
Liberal Democrats Simon Waddington126
Independent David Warner1002.6
Independent Boniface Awogta76
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

- Rachel Heywood was elected as a Labour Councillor. Heywood resigned the party whip in April 2016 and now sits as an Independent councillor. [4] [5] [6]

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Prentice *1,76250.0
Labour Paul McGlone *1,696
Labour Neil Sabharwal *1,499
Green Edward Gillespie62517.7
Green Philip Woolley619
Conservative Thomas Hatton49314.0
Conservative Paul Mawdsley444
Conservative Michael Timmins431
Liberal Democrats Jane Vaus2567.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Tuffrey 221
Liberal Democrats John Medway211
UKIP Elizabeth Erwin Jones1965.6
TUSC James Ivens1133.2
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert812.3
Total votes8,647
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Bennett *2,24223.7
Labour Niranjan Francis *2,20223.3
Labour Jennifer Braithwaite *2,18323.1
Conservative Tom Martin4364.6
Conservative Ali Kayikkiran4344.6
Conservative Said Gutin4234.5
Green Ben McKeown3643.8
Green Cath Potter3173.4
Green Paul Wynter2572.7
Liberal Democrats David Hare1641.7
Liberal Democrats Marietta Crichton-Stuart 1611.7
UKIP Eddie Otoyo1421.5
Liberal Democrats Marcus van Breugel1331.4
Total votes9,458
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Agdomar2,42049.5
Labour Jim Dickson *2,373
Labour Jack Holborn2,198
Green Amelia Womack 1,35727.8
Green Nicholas Edwards1,269
Green Luke Hildyard1,103
Conservative Claire Baker4709.6
Conservative Simon Hooberman387
Conservative Heidi Nicholson381
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Keen3517.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Price241
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Price187
UKIP Steven Stanbury1683.4
TUSC Louise Scott1212.5
Total votes13,026
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackie Meldrum *2,18260.4
Labour Jane Pickard *2,169
Labour Sonia Winifred1,911
Conservative Julia Belgrove46813.0
Green Nicholas Giannissis45712.7
Conservative Tim Collins442
Green Lianna Etkind388
Conservative Tony Kimm382
Green Hugo Estevez365
Liberal Democrats Robert Hardware2567.1
UKIP Helena Kowalska2496.9
Liberal Democrats Libby Calton238
Liberal Democrats Julian Heather202
Total votes9,709
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Larkhall

Larkhall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marsha de Cordova 1,80950.0
Labour Christiana Valcarcel *1,651
Labour Andy Wilson1,503
Conservative Victoria Lowe65116.4
Conservative Matthew Jupp570
Green Lisa Perry54615.0
Conservative Alison Trelawny517
Green Joe Dalton492
Green Ciaran Osborne431
Liberal Democrats Claire Church3299.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair Mills271
Liberal Democrats Alistair MacDonald216
UKIP Sean Marriott2105.8
TUSC Alexander Betteridge1002.8
Socialist (GB) Adam Buick 491.4
Total votes9,289
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Oval

Oval (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Holland 2,10546.4
Labour Jack Hopkins *2,081
Labour Jane Edbrooke2,013
Liberal Democrats Ishbel Brown *90320.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Monger769
Liberal Democrats George Turner579
Green Anna Geffert57012.6
Conservative Stephen Humphreys53811.9
Conservative Glencora Senior512
Green Sandra Young478
Conservative Pawan Sharma444
Green Bernard O'Sullivan432
UKIP Lucia Otoyo3227.1
TUSC Steve Nally1022.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Prince's

Prince's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Amos*2,34250.0
Labour Chris Marsh2,160
Labour Joanne Simpson2,058
Conservative Claire Barker76116.2
Conservative James Bellis705
Conservative Michael Poole-Wilson606
Green Eleanor Halsall54811.7
Green Joe Taylor479
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines4419.4
Green Fern Lindsay428
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Baines401
Liberal Democrats Daisy Christodoulou360
UKIP John Dodds3347.1
Independent John Howard1703.6
TUSC Laurence Hutchinson952.0
Total votes11,888
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Hill1,21811.6
Green Scott Ainslie 1,16111.0
Labour Saleha Jaffer1,15811.0
Labour Michael Burke1,12510.7
Green Jonathan Bartley 1,10210.5
Green Rachel Laurence9218.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Palmer *9138.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Geiss *7387.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Stanmer6956.6
Conservative Felicity Newall4324.1
Conservative Charles Jarrett4153.9
Conservative Wendy Newall3953.8
UKIP Mark Trasenster2362.2
Turnout 10,296
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Bigham2,02653.0
Labour Imogen Walker *1,778
Labour Guilherme Rosa1,769
Conservative Sarah Barr60815.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bottrall 55214.4
Conservative Craig Barrett507
Green Sam Low50213.1
Green Maritza Tschepp431
Conservative Robert McMillan430
Liberal Democrats Matthew McConnell416
Liberal Democrats Fernanda Correia-Sefzick380
Green David Ville366
TUSC Joana Santos1363.6
Total votes9,901
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Atkins1,73641.2
Labour Rezina Chowdhury1,582
Labour Iain Simpson1,448
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clyne *1,27230.2
Liberal Democrats Ashley Lumsden *1,234
Liberal Democrats Kita Ogden *1,100
Green David Bryant51512.2
Conservative Elaine Bailey42210.0
Green Leon Maurice-Jones414
Green James Caspell411
Conservative Mark Wallace 347
Conservative Philip Henwood317
UKIP Peter Younghusband2225.3
Independent Kriss Harris451.1
Total votes11,065
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Kazantzis *2,05061.1
Labour Danial Adilypour1,992
Labour Clair Wilcox1,986
Conservative Helen Smith59717.8
Conservative Jonathan Guinness 540
Conservative Jack Wharton495
Green Emma Hinkson40812.2
Liberal Democrats Karen Morfey3019.0
Green Benjamin Spencer291
Liberal Democrats Nazir Ahmed275
Liberal Democrats Ahmad Ali274
Green Nigel Melia262
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Clark1,91643.7
Labour Mohammed Seedat1,676
Labour Amelie Treppass1,658
Liberal Democrats Judith Best *1,45833.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Davies *1,354
Liberal Democrats Daphne Marchant *936
Green Rachel Braverman47010.7
Green Sheila Freeman429
Green Magda Devas373
Conservative Stanley Davies3147.2
Conservative Lisabeth Liell279
Conservative Teresa Tunstall250
UKIP Simon Harman2315.3
Total votes9,886
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Thornton

Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck *2,28052.6
Labour Diana Morris *2,220
Labour Edward Davie *2,113
UKIP Bruce Machan76417.6
Conservative Simon Helmsley66415.3
Conservative Vernon de Maynard570
Conservative Savill Young481
Green Adrian Audsley3608.3
Green Hannah Kershaw336
Green Charles Lankaster272
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair2716.3
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack258
Liberal Democrats John Pindar227
Total votes10,816
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Birley2,31249.0
Labour Fred Cowell2,122
Labour Max Deckers Dowber1,931
Conservative Irene Kimm1,18725.1
Conservative Luke Tryl1,097
Conservative Graham Pycock1,020
Green Matt Farrow67314.3
Green Pat Price-Tomes544
Green Jo Stone-Fewings540
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thurburn2795.9
UKIP Robin Lambert2775.8
Liberal Democrats Malgorzata Baker259
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Baker254
Total votes14,825
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Atkins2,27661.6
Labour Adedamola Aminu2,073
Labour Mayor Marcia Cameron2,044
Green Elkin Atwell74220.1
Green Jonathan Chuter713
Green Will Wynter615
Conservative Lavinia Cartwright3058.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Coldrick2667.2
Conservative John White256
Conservative Martin Read250
Liberal Democrats Terry Curtis242
Liberal Democrats John Foster185
TUSC Kieran O'Mant1052.8
TUSC Marcel Richards78
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Vassall

Vassall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqui Dyer1,75150.0
Labour Paul Gadsby *1,723
Labour Annie Gallop1,671
Green Celia Cole59817.1
Conservative Paul Abbott46313.2
Conservative Stuart Barr451
Green Owen Everett451
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Avebury44512.7
Green John Walton419
Liberal Democrats Collette Thomas388
Conservative Joshua Gething382
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wyard254
Pirate Mark Chapman1293.7
TUSC Dalton Montague1133.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections: 2014–2018

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill by-election, 14 August 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sonia Winifred 1,265 63.7 Decrease2.svg 2.3
Conservative Heidi Nicholson24812.5Increase2.svg 0.4
Green Christopher Hocknell23011.6Increase2.svg 1.1
UKIP Robin Lambert995.0Increase2.svg 1.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Hardware944.7Decrease2.svg 2.4
Independent Nelly Amos512.6N/A
Majority1,01751.2
Turnout 1,987
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was triggered when the incumbent Councillor, Sonia Winifred, was disqualified as she was still employed by the council at the time of the previous election. Winifred was re-elected. [7]

Prince's by-election, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valia McClure 3,45244.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 1,74822.5
Conservative Gareth Wallace1,51816.6
Green Marie James90111.6
TUSC Kingsley Abrahams990.1
Socialist (GB) Danny Lambert420.1N/A
Majority1,704
Turnout 7,760
Labour hold Swing
Gipsy Hill by-election, 9 June 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luke Murphy1,22043.4Decrease2.svg 26.9
Green Pete Elliott1,18442.1Increase2.svg 31.2
Conservative Leslie Maruziva2107.5Decrease2.svg 7.0
Liberal Democrats Rosa Jesse843.0Decrease2.svg 2.8
UKIP Elizabeth Jones732.6Decrease2.svg 0.7
Independent Robin Lambert240.9Increase2.svg 0.9
TUSC Steven Nally190.7Increase2.svg 0.7
Majority361.3Decrease2.svg 29.2
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was held following death of the incumbent Councillor. It was subsequently retained by Labour with a significantly reduced majority.

[4] [5] [6]

EU referendum 2016

During the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum Lambeth voted 78% to remain in the EU and 22% to leave. Two of the three Labour MPs backed Remain, Chuka Umunna and Helen Hayes, whereas Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey backed Leave.

References

  1. ↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elections 2014". moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk. Lambeth Council. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Lambeth". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  4. 1 2 "Councillors". beta.lambeth.gov.uk. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 Cobb, Jason (13 April 2016). "Cllr Rachel Heywood delivers stinging attack on Labour Cabinet "elite" with a call for change of direction". brixtonbuzz.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Election results for Coldharbour, 22 May 2014". beta.lambeth.gov.uk. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Pack, Mark (14 July 2014). "Labour councillor quits and calls by-election after discovering she's disqualified". markpack.org.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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